Another stylish film by Brandon Sonnier. As a fan of The Beat, I was interested. Had some of the actors from The Beat, who were enjoyable. Steve Connell is entertaining. Ty Hodges was believable and good as the lead.
At times, the dialogue/ story seemed a little forced. Some aspects and developments were far fetched. I liked that Rahman Jamaal had a little rap segment. During that time, it seemed that Ty Hodges' Chile, was going to bust out into some surreal "Blues" singing, which would've been raw and emotionally but nothing happened. It felt like a crescendo that never peaked.
Overall, I gave it a 6 out of 10 stars. The PROS for me were: style, subjective fascination/interest as a fan of The Director's other work, mostly fun dialogue.
Ty Hodges gave a solid performance.
The non linear narrative made the story more entertaining.
The Cons:
The "blues" device/metaphor, whatever, fell short. Most young people don't know water the "blues" music genre really is or means and the film didn't really show us any real blues music.
The ending was confusing. What exactly happened, was the character in the far future? Was he truly in that position? The twist where "Chile" is not turned in is dumb. Also they must've filmed the ending alot before most of film. It's supposed to be after the main events but Chile seems very young.
Some of the sound (in early convience store scenes) was too noisy and rough, over loud mic, may have been a stylish choice, but in reality, it just sounded cheap and later passed as "style".
I'm not sure if this film is very rewatchable.
I have it on DVD and watched on my projector with surround sound so, I think I had a very good viewing experience.
At times, the dialogue/ story seemed a little forced. Some aspects and developments were far fetched. I liked that Rahman Jamaal had a little rap segment. During that time, it seemed that Ty Hodges' Chile, was going to bust out into some surreal "Blues" singing, which would've been raw and emotionally but nothing happened. It felt like a crescendo that never peaked.
Overall, I gave it a 6 out of 10 stars. The PROS for me were: style, subjective fascination/interest as a fan of The Director's other work, mostly fun dialogue.
Ty Hodges gave a solid performance.
The non linear narrative made the story more entertaining.
The Cons:
The "blues" device/metaphor, whatever, fell short. Most young people don't know water the "blues" music genre really is or means and the film didn't really show us any real blues music.
The ending was confusing. What exactly happened, was the character in the far future? Was he truly in that position? The twist where "Chile" is not turned in is dumb. Also they must've filmed the ending alot before most of film. It's supposed to be after the main events but Chile seems very young.
Some of the sound (in early convience store scenes) was too noisy and rough, over loud mic, may have been a stylish choice, but in reality, it just sounded cheap and later passed as "style".
I'm not sure if this film is very rewatchable.
I have it on DVD and watched on my projector with surround sound so, I think I had a very good viewing experience.
